Title: ACG 2021 Financial Accounting
1ACG 2021Financial Accounting
- Chapter One
- The Financial Statements
2The Accounting System
3What is accounting
- Been in place for hundreds of years
- 1494 Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica
Geometria Proportionalita (A Review of
Arithmetic, Geometry and Proportions) - First written description of double-entry
accounting - Incan khipus
- cryptic assemblages of string and knots
- May have been used for record-keeping (i.e.
accounting) Gary Urton and Carrie Brezine - Annotated Khipu on Flickr
- System
- Of recording business transactions
- Language
- Whether knots
- Debits or Credits written in a journal
- Digital values stored on a computer
- Weve been accounting for many, many years
4Information System Model
5The Accounting System
- An Information System
- Inputs to the system are business events
- Sales
- Purchases
- Inventory (things to re-sell, things to use in
building), buildings - Payroll
- Processing takes place in the various Journals
and General Ledger where transactions are stored - Financial Statements are the Outputs and
represent Summary Information - Income Statement
- Statement of Retained Earnings
- Balance Sheet
- Cash Flows
6Accounting Information System
- Procedures, Techniques and Resources to
- Collect Disseminate
- Relevant Business Information to Interested Users
- Individuals (Management)
- Investors Creditors
- Taxing Authorities
- Non-Profit Organizations
7Accounting (The Language of Business) Is...
- The process of identifying, measuring, and
communicating economic information (via reports)
to permit informed judgments and decisions by
users of the information. - Balance Sheet Resources
- Income Statement Results of Operations
- Cash Flow Management of Asset
8Language Dialects
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Tax Accounting
- Governmental (non-profit) Accounting
9ACG 2021
- Who are we Accounting for
- Business Forms
- And
- Accounting Rules and Assumptions
10Accounting Assumptions
- Business activity occurs via distinct entities
- Sole Proprietorship
- Partnerships
- Corporations
- Business activity is conducted via measurable,
observable transactions - Transactions can be described using standard
units of measurement (s) in accounts (Valuation)
11Forms of Business Organization
- Proprietorship
- Has a single owner
- Proprietor is personally liable
- for debts of the business
- Not a separate legal entity
- For accounting, the proprietorship is a separate
entity from the proprietor
12Forms of Business Organization
- Partnerships
- Two or more partners are co-owners
- Each partner can be liable for all the debts of
the partnership - Not a separate legal entity
- For accounting, the partnership is a separate
entity from its partners
13Forms of Business Organization
- Corporations
- May have many owners (stockholders)
- Stockholders are not personally liable for debts
of the business - Is a separate legal entity
- Stockholders elect a Board of Directors to
appoint corporate officers and set policies
14Accounting Guidelines
- Formulated by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- The Entity Concept
- A business is separate distinct from its
owners - The Reliability Principle
- Accounting records are based on the most
objective evidence available - The Historical Cost Principle
- s are recorded at time of transaction (actual
cost) - s that a willing buyer paid a willing seller
- Not some point in the future
- The Going-Concern Principle
- The Entity will not go Out-of-Business
- The Stable-Monetary-Unit Concept
- the monetary units (s) purchasing power is
stable (ignores inflation)
15ACG 2021Financial Accounting
- The Accounting Equation
- Assets Liabilities Owners Equity
16The Accounting Equation
Assets
Liabilities Owners Equity
17Assets
- Economic resources (value, s)
- Owned and Controlled by business entity
- Expected to produce a benefit in the future
- Cash
- Investments
- Accounts Receivable
- Inventory
- Buildings, Equipment, Gold Mines, Patents
18Liabilities
- Economic obligations (debt) of a business
- Accounts Payable
- Notes Payable
- Accrued Expenses
- Payroll that we owe
- Taxes that we owe
- Rent, Insurance, etc. that we owe
- Money we borrowed and of course owe
- Claims by Creditors
- Convey Assets
- This means that the creditor expects an asset
(most often cash) be given for what is owed - Perform Service
- This means that the creditor expects a service
(like prepare a tax return, or provide rental
retail space) be given for what is owed
19Owners Equity
- The owners claim on the entitys assets
- Capital (for Proprietorship or Partnership)
- Stockholders equity (for Corporation)
- Shares of Stock
- Net assets
- Assets liabilities owners equity
20Stockholders Equity
- For a corporation, stockholders equity is
divided into two main categories. - Paid in capital
- The amount that investors have given to the
corporation - In exchange for shares of stock
- Retained earnings
- The amount of Earnings the company has either
earned (profit) or lost over time - The amount of dividends that have been paid to
investors
21The Accounting Equation Expanded
- Assets Liabilities Owners Equity
- Replace Owners Equity with
- Paid-in capital - amount invested by its owners -
common stock - Increases Owners Equity
- Retained earnings - amount earned by
income-producing activities and kept for use in
the business - Dividends distributions of assets to
stockholders - Decreases Retained Earnings
Assets Liabilities Paid-in capital Retained
earnings
22The Accounting Equation
- Retained Earnings accumulate Revenues and
Expenses of an Organization and Dividends that
have been paid - Revenues Sales of Product or Services
- increases Retained Earnings from delivering goods
or services to customers - Measured by corresponding increase in Asset
received as payment - Expenses goods or services Consumed from
Revenue Generation - decreases Retained Earnings that result from
operations - Measured by historical cost of assets given up in
the sale or consumed to make the sale
23Components of Retained Earnings
Revenues for the period
Expenses for the period
Start of the period
Net income (or Net loss) for the period
Dividends for the period
Beginning balance of retained earnings
or
24Accounting Equation Expanded (again)
- Assets Liabilities Paid-in Capital
Dividends Revenue Expenses - Retained Earnings
25Transactions
- A simultaneous exchange between one accounting
entity and another accounting entity - Customers
- Suppliers
- Employees
- Owners
- Each party Gives and Receives something of value
(s)
26Chapter 1
27ACG 2021Financial Accounting
28The Financial Statements
- Balance Sheet
- Income Statement
- Statement of Retained Earnings
- Statement of Cash Flows
29Balance Sheet
Rank Place Situation Standing
- Assets used to reach company objectives
- s represent One Particular Point in Time
- Snapshot
- What is the companys financial position at the
end of a period? - Assets Liabilities Owners Equity
30Balance Sheet
- Assets appear in order of Liquidity
- Easily Turned into Cash
- Why?
- So Creditors can quickly ascertain if a company
has enough Cash to pay back what is owed - So Creditors can quickly ascertain what
collateral a company has against possible loans
that might be made
- Liabilities appear in order in which they will be
paid - Within 1 year or less
- Greater then 1 year
- Stockholders Equity shows the amount contributed
by investors the amount of Income retained by
the company - Dividends are paid out of this retained amount
(but NOT with it)
31Income Statement
- Presents information about profitability
- How well did the company perform during the
period? - Revenue Amount paid or promised to pay for
goods or services of the firm, increase of assets - Expenses Costs of providing goods or services
to the customer, using up of assets - Temporary (periodic) Retained Earnings accounts
- Revenues
- Expenses
- Net Income (Loss)
32Statement of Retained Earnings
- The portion of a firms Net Income retained by the
business - Why did the company's retained earnings change
during the year? - Beginning retained earnings
- Net income or (-Net loss)
- - Dividends
- Ending retained earnings
33Statement of Cash Flows
- Changes to Cash during a specific time period
- How much cash did the company generate and spend
during the year? - Operating cash flows
- Investing cash flows
- Financing cash flows
- Increase (decrease) in cash
34Information Reported in the F/S
35Relationships Amongthe Financial Statements
ABC Company Income Statement Year Ended
December 31, 2006 Revenues 700,000 Expenses
670,000 Net income 30,000
36Relationships Amongthe Financial Statements
ABC Company Statement of Retained Earnings Year
Ended December 31, 2006 Beginning retained
earnings 180,000 Net income 30,000 Cash
dividends (10,000) Ending retained
earnings 200,000
37Relationships Amongthe Financial Statements
ABC Company Balance Sheet December 31,
2006 Assets Cash 25,000 All other
assets 275,000 Total
assets 300,000 Liabilities Total
liabilities 120,000 Stockholders
equity Common stock 40,000 Retained
earnings 200,000 Other
equity (60,000) Total liabilities and
stockholders equity 300,000
38Relationships Amongthe Financial Statements
ABC Company
Statement of Cash Flows
Year Ended December 31, 2006 Net cash
provided by operating activities 90,000 Net
cash used for investing activities (110,000) Net
cash provided by financing activities
40,000 Net increase in cash 20,000 Beginning
cash balance 5,000 Ending cash balance
25,000